213 Miles From Shea

The Mets look the bounce back from yesterday’s loss today. Yesterday the Mets got off to a rough start in the first inning and were never able to recover. On the mound for the Mets today is Wheeler who is 3-8 over his first 17 starts and 95.1 innings with an ERA of 4.25. Two starts ago was the worst of this season where he allowed 6 ER over 2.0 innings. Last time out he allowed only one earned run over 6.1 innings. Since this is his second season, it makes sense that he has never faced the Rangers in his career, although he has faced Alex Rios who is 0-3 against Wheeler.

Nick Tepesch gets the start for the Rangers today. On the season he is 3-3 over 8 games and 44.1 innings with a 3.65 ERA. In the month of June he made four starts pitching 24.0 innings with a 3.00 ERA. His pattern has been allow 4 ER, then none, then 4 ER then none. Maybe he keeps the pattern going today? He has never faced the Mets, because like Wheeler, he made his major league debut in 2013. He has faced Chris Young though, who is 1-3 against Tepesch.

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets and Rangers play their second game today after the Mets were able to take the first game last night. Niese got the first out, then was hit by a comebacker. The pen then came in and did a good job keeping the Mets in the game. Today Colon looks to give the bullpen the break they need after yesterday. Colon is 8-6 over 16 games this year and 106.2 innings with a 3.88 ERA. His last outing was the worse in quite a while as he allowed 5 ER over 6.0 innings, which is the first time he allowed more than 2 ER since May 12. Last year he pitched 4 games against the Rangers over 26.0 innings with a 2.08 ERA. The Rangers have the following numbers against Colon:

• Beltre 19-70, 7 2B, 5 HR
• Pena 11-38, 3 HR
• Rios 10-33, 2B, 3B
• Andrus 5-21
• Choo 3-13

Colby Lewis takes the mound for the Rangers today. He is 5-5 over 14 starts and 75.2 innings this year with a 5.71 ERA. In the month of June he made five starts pitching 27.2 innings with an ERA of 6.18. In 5.2 career innings against the Mets he allowed 9 ER. Only four current Mets have seen him in a major league game:

• Abreu 4-15, 2 2B
• Granderson 0-2
• C Young 0-3
• Wright 0-2

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets look to move past their disappointing road trip by starting a series with ailing, and I mean ailing, Texas Rangers. The injury bug for the Rangers has been so bad it makes the 2009 Mets look like a joke. Anyway Jon Niese takes the mound tonight. He is 5-4 on the year over 16 games and 103.0 innings with a 2.88 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 6.0 innings and allowed 3 ER in each of them striking 3 then 4 then 5 batters (while walking 1 then 2 then 3 batters, numbers are strange). He has made one career start against the Rangers allowing 2 ER over 5.2 innings. The Rangers have the following numbers against the Mets:

• Choo 2-7
• Beltre 1-3, HR
• Murphy 0-2
• Pena 0-3
• Baker 0-2

The Mets get a look at ace Yu Darvish tonight who is 8-4 over 15 starts and 104.1 innings this year with a 2.42 ERA. After two “poor” starts (By Yu standards) allowing 4 ER over 5 and 4 ER over 6, he came back in his latest start shutting out Twins over 8.0 innings. He has never faced the Mets before but Granderson, Recker and Chris Young are each 0-3 against Darvish in his career.

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets continued their season of “close but no cigar” last night coming close to victory but just not having enough to push them over the edge. Jacob deGrom gets the start for the Amazins today. On the season he is 1-4 over 9 starts and 54.2 innings with an ERA of 3.62. In his last two starts he has pitched 13.2 innings allowing 2 ER, 6 walks and 11 strikeouts. This will be the first of many starts against the Braves in his career and not surprisingly, there is no one on the Braves roster who has faced him in a major league game.

The Mets draw Julio Teheran who is 7-5 over 17 starts this year while pitching 119.0 innings with a 2.34 ERA. In his last three starts he has logged 22.0 innings with a 2.05 ERA while striking out 25 batters. He hasn’t faced the Mets yet this season, last year he pitched 12.2 innings over two games against them with a 1.42 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Wright 1-8, HR
• Duda 3-7, 2B, HR
• Tejada 0-7
• E Young 2-6
• Murphy 1-5
• C Young 0-2

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets dropped the first game to the Braves last night after having the lead for most of the game. Anyway, the Mets look to get back on the winning track with Matsuzaka tonight who is 3-2 this season over 53.0 innings with a 3.23 ERA. His last outing was the worst of this season allowing 5 ER over 6 innings of work, walking 4 and striking out 4. In two games against the Braves this year he pitched 4.0 innings, allowing 2 hits and one run, two walks and 6 strikeouts. The Braves have the following numbers against the Braves:

• BJ Upton 6-27, 2 HR
• Laird 3-8
• Uggla 0-3
• Freeman 2-4, 2B, HR
• Johsnon 1-4
• Simmons 1-4
• J Upton 2-3

The Mets bats draw Mike Minor who is 2-5 over 11 starts on the season while pitching 66.0 innings with a 4.50 ERA. In his last four starts he has pitched 22.0 innings with a 7.36 ERA. In three starts against the Mets last year he allowed 7 ER over 20.1 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Mike:

• Wright 5-20, 2 2B, 2 HR
• Tejada 7-19, 2 2B
• Duda 5-16, 2B, HR
• Murphy 2-15, 2 2B
• Granderson 1-6
• Lagares 2-6, 2B

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets dropped the game and the series to the Pirates yesterday 5-2. They were able to get runners to third base three times yesterday with less than 2-outs, and each time the Mets struck out and then later ended the inning without scoring a run. All of the Mets scoring occurred in the 9th inning and even with the two runs they had, they had a chance for more. Anyway, today Wheeler will take mound against Alex Wood.

Wheeler is 3-8 this season over 16 starts with a 4.45 ERA over 89.0 innings. He struggled in his last outing allowing 6 ER over 2.0 innings, his shortest outing of the season and the most runs he has allowed this season. His second start of the season was against the Braves where he allowed 4 ER over 5.0 innings. The Braves have the following numbers against him:

• Freeman 6-11, 2B
• C Johnson 2-14
• Simmons 3-12
• Heyward 5-12, 2B, hR
• J Upton 0-12
• Uggla 3-10, 2B, HR
• Gattis 1-8, 2B

Alex Wood is 6-6 on the season over 19 games and 8 starts while pitching 67.1 innings with a 3.07 ERA. He made three starts against the Mets last year allowing 6 ER and 16 hits over 13.1 innings. The Mets have the following number against Wood:

• Murphy 4-8
• Lagares 1-5, 2B
• Wright 1-4
• Duda 0-1
• Wheeler 0-2

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets look to end their four game set with the Pirates today. The Mets were able to pick up the win yesterday, snapping their losing streak and putting themselves into position to split the series today behind Bartolo Colon. Colon is 8-5 over 15 starts this year with a 3.67 ERA over 100.2 innings. In his last six starts he has pitched 43.1 innings with a 5-0 record and a 1.45 ERA. He also pitched once against the Pirates this year where he allowed 5 hits and no runs over 7.1 innings while walking 1 and striking out 9. The Pirates have the following numbers against Colon:

• Stewart 4-11, HR
• Snider 3-9
• McCutchen 3-8
• Marte 0-7
• Alvarez 2-6, 2B
• Martin 1-6, 2B

Volquez is on the bump for the Pirates today. He is 5-6 over 16 games and 15 starts over 89.0 innings with a 4.35 ERA. June has been an up ad down month for Volquez. He started off average, then had his best start of the season allowing no runs over 7, then his worst start of the season allowing 8 runs over 2.1 followed by his longest outing of the year allowing one run over 8. Earlier this year he faced the Mets allowing 2 earned runs over 5.0 innings while walking 5 and striking out 6. The Mets have teh following numbers against him:

• C Young 2-15, HR
• Wright 2-13
• Murphy 4-12, 2B
• Abreu 3-10, 2B, 3B
• E Young 4-12, 2 2B
• Granderson 0-6
• Tejada 2-7, 2 2B

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets lost in extra innings last night, making three straight losses and putting themselves in a position of needing to win tonight and tomorrow in order to take the series. Jon Niese will take the hill for the Amazin’s and he is 4-4 over 15 starts and 97.0 innings with a 2.78 ERA. In each of his last two starts he has gone 6.0 innings allowing 3 ER, something he hasn’t done since the middle of May where he did that three straight games in a row. Knock on wood, he hasn’t allowed more than 3 ER in any start this season. He faced the Pirates when they were in Queens earlier this year allowing 2 ER over 5.2 innings while walking 2 and striking out 4. The Pirates have the following numbers against him:

• Sanchez 6-23, 2B, HR
• Barmes 6-16, 2B, HR
• Martin 1-10
• McCutchen 4-10, 2 2B
• Walker 1-8
• Harrison 1-6, 2B

Gerrit Cole climbs the mound for the Pirates. On the season he is 6-3 over 12 starts and 76.2 innings with a 3.64 ERA. In his last three starts he has pitched 18.0 innings with a 2-0 record and a 3.00 ERA. He has made one start against the Mets in his career where he allowed 3 ER over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against Cole:

• Murphy 0-3
• Wright 1-3
• E Young 1-3
• Captain Kirk 0-2

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets dropped the first game of the road trip yesterday to the Pirates, and they start the second game tonight as Jacob deGrom takes the mound against Brandon Cumpton. Jacob is 1-4 over 8 starts this season logging 48.0 innings with a 3.75 ERA. Last start he was coming off of the worst start of his career where he allowed 6 ER over 4.1 innings. He responded to that by pitching 7.0 innings of shutout ball. His third start of his career was against the Pirates where he shut them out for 6.2 innings allowing 5 hits, 5 walks and struck out 4 batters. The Pirates have the following numbers against deGrom:

• Harrison 0-4
• Walker 1-3
• Alvarez 2-3, 2B
• Davis 0-2
• Marte 0-2
• Martin 0-3
• McCutchen 2-2

Brandon Cumpton is 3-2 on the season also over 8 starts like deGrom pitching 45.2 innings with a 4.93 ERA. Also just like deGrom, he is coming off of 7.0 inning shutout performance. His numbers in June have been much better than previously this season pitching in four starts, 23.1 innings with a 3.09 ERA. He faced the Mets earlier and allowed only two runs, one earned over 6.0 innings. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Abreu 2-3, 2B
• Duda 1-3
• Granderson 0-3
• Lagaures 1-2
• Murphy 1-3
• Wright 0-3

Lets Go Mets!

The Mets look to bounce back from the loss yesterday and get back to the winning track they have been on for the better part of hte last week in Pittsburgh tonight as they take on Ike Davis’ new squad. Yesterday the Mets had the offense, but not the pitching in a bizzaro world game experience. Today Matsuzaka gets the start for the Mets while the bats face in old foe in Vance Worley.

Matsuzaka is 3-1 on the season over 47.0 innings of work with a 2.68 ERA. In his last four outings he has started 3 times, pitched 13.1 innings and a sparkling 1.35 ERA. Daisuke has never faced the Pirates in his career but he has faced a few of the Pirates players while they were with other teams:

• Snider 1-10
• Barmes 0-2
• Sanchez 0-2
• Martin 1-1, 2B

Vance Worley, who debuted in the majors with Phillies is back to face the Mets with his new team. He has made two starts this year pitching 13.2 innings allowing only 3 ER. He pitched in 10 games, 8 starts against the Mets in his career going 3-4 with a 6.64 ERA. The Mets have the following numbers against him:

• Murphy 12-17, 2 2B, 3B
• Tejada 7-18, 2B
• Wright 6-17, 2B, HR
• Duda 5-11, 2B, HR
• Abreu 1-2

Lets Go Mets!